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A Plymouth based Royal Marine has been found guilty by a military court of murdering an injured Afghan insurgent in 2011.

The marine, a sergeant who can be known only as Marine A, faces a mandatory life sentence for the shooting of the unknown man in what the prosecution described as "an execution", in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.

The two other marines charged were cleared...

Benjamin Roach has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the unlawful killing of his one-month-old daughter, Roxie.

Judge Graham Cottle sentenced Mr Roach today at Plymouth Crown Court following the jury's unanimous guilty verdict reached yesterday (Monday 20 May).

Mr Roach had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of his baby daughter Roxie-Jo Hopkins-Roach but was...